Feline hero

Kitty to the rescue!


BERLIN (Reuters) - A cat saved the life of a newborn baby abandoned on the doorstep of a Cologne house in the middle of the night by meowing loudly until someone woke up, a police spokesman said Saturday.

"The cat is a hero," Cologne police spokesman Uwe Beier said. "Its loud meowing got the attention of the homeowner and saved the baby from suffering life-threatening hypothermia. The homeowner opened door to see why the cat was making so much noise and discovered the newborn."

Beier said the boy was taken to hospital at 5 a.m. on Thursday, when overnight temperatures fell toward zero, and had suffered only mild hypothermia. He said there was no indication of what happened to the boy's mother.


Fie on the mother, who couldn't bring the infant somewhere people would find the bundle quickly. I mean.... someone's home doorstep? Would not a church or hospital be more appropriate? Or anywhere there is more human traffic?


Kitty heros! Gotta love'em!